Anchorage Police responded to a report of a shooting in the Dimond Walmart parking lot around 5:11 p.m. Sunday. Police found an adult female and an adult male dead from gunshot wounds.
Police urged people to avoid the area. The suspect in the shooting has not yet been found, the crime scene is spread across the parking lot, and the store was closed for the evening. Officers said they had reason to believe this was an isolated incident and found a firearm at the scene. This could indicate that it was a murder-suicide. No arrests have been made at this time, and an investigation is currently underway.
Earlier in the day, a man was found shot to death in downtown Anchorage. At 3:14 a.m., on-duty Anchorage Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of ​​North Blaggaw Street and Thompson Avenue, where an adult male victim was found outside and taken to a local hospital by fire department medics. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say a suspect in the shooting has been taken into custody.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.